Fan.



F. DAVERSA.

FAN. APPLIGATION FILED m. 1a, 1908.

915,663, Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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FAN. APPLICATION rum) THE. 13, 1908.

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WITNESSES:

FERDINAND DAVERSA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application filed February 13, 1906. Serial No. 15,717.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND PAVERSA, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fans and more particularly to means for operating fans to relieve the party using same from the manual labor involved. ning requires the movement of the entire arm the present invention only requires the exercise of the muscles of the hand and the gripping of the device and the relaxation of same does the work required.

The invention also embraces certain novel means for holding the fan in its open or closed positions.

All of these features are more fully explained in the followin specification, set forthin the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings where:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved fan open. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the fan closed. Fig. 3 is a side view par! ly in section of the fanning device. Fig. 4 is a modified view of same. Figs. 5 and 6 are modified forms of the fan. Fig. 7 is an other modification of the fanning device.

In warm weather, when fans are most desirable, the exertion necessary for the use of a fan very often warms the user to such an extent that makes the fan useless and this is mainly on account of the necessary movement of the arm which being such a large member of the human body causes a greater circulation of the blood from which bodily heat is derived. The device here shown is adapted to be operated by the hand alone and its muscles and for this reason the casing or box 5 is made of a shape and size convenient to be held within the grasp and may be provided with a link or bail 6 in which may be hung a handkerchief or from which may be suspended a purse as shown in Fig. 4.

The box 5 is formed with an interior chamher and in same is pivoted a lever 7 having at its upper end. a socket 8 in which is to be inserted the lower end of the fan handle and this lever also is provided with a slot 9 through which passes and plays a cross pin 10 at the upper end of a second lever 11 pivoted by means of the pin 12 to the lower end of the box. As the size of the device comprising the box and second lever is YVhile the act of fanabout large enough to conveniently fit the hand so that the pressure of the grasp of the handtends to force the lever 11 toward the box, this lever forces the lever 7 over toward the left, compressing a spring 13 which forces the latter lever outward. These movements, when continued with, cause an oscillating movement on thepart of lever 7 and the fan inserted in its socket. The lower end of the box 5 may be provided with a pencil 14 or similar device as preferred.

The modified form shown in Fig. 4 embraces a hollow box 5 but in this instance the lever 7 is not pivotedbut carried by the free end of the spring 13.. It is actuated by a lever 15 with an off-set 16 connected with the lever 7 and pivoted to the box 5. This form of lever 15 more effectually conforms with the shape of the hand and its operation more readily effected.

The fan used in the above described device may be of any variety whose handle may be inserted in a socket such as shown in the upper ends of lever 7 but the forms of fan shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be preferably used. The fan here shown is made of paper fabric or any flexible material and it is. di vided by the extension 17 of the handle 18 and the folds secured at 19 to said extension. The lower or outer edges of the folds are secured to the arms 20 having L-shaped slots 21 at their inner ends and in these slots work the pins 22 at the outer ends of the cross piece 23. These cross pieces are provided for each side of the fan and are joined by the pins 22 also a uniting piece 24 which slides in the slot 25 of the extension 17 and after passing through perforations in the cross pieces is spread to engage their outer faces. When it is desired to close the fan the slide and cross bars are slid upward and the pins 22 working in the slots 21 cause the arms 20 to take a vertical position bringing the folds together and closing the fan. The shape of slots 21 permit of positive action by the slide in closing the fan or holding it open in its operative position.

The device is simple and cheap in construction and is adapted to be operated with practically no labor and the construction may be modified, if found desirable, without departing from the essential features shown and described.

The modified construction of the fan shown in Figs. 5 and 6 has arms 26 at each side of the fan and they are recessed as at 27 and a rod 28 stretched across the recess. These arms are operated by levers 29 pivoted within the slot 30 of the handle 31 and having right angled slots 32 in which works a ring 33 which also surrounds the handle and to open the fan, the ring is forced downward into the lower part of one of the sections of the slots 32 and to close same the ring is forced upward into the upper end of the other section. The outer ends of the levers 29 are supplied with eyes 33 in which the rods 28 work.

Another modification of the fanning device is shown in Fig. 7 where it will be seen that the handle of the fan is mounted on a triangular frame 34 which is pivoted at 35 to the hand piece 36 and plays in the recess 37 within same, a spring 38 forces the frame 34 outward against a pin 39 and the pressure of the hand is depended upon to oscillate the frame and fan.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a fan, the combination with slotted arms at each side of the fan, of locking means arms at each side of the fan having slots, of a handle, a ring sliding on the handle and in the slots to hold the fan open or closed, and a vibrating lever with a socket to contain the handle, and means for actuating said lever.

3. In a fan the combination with slotted arms at each side of the fan, of a slotted handle, a sliding ring on the handle and playing in the slots of the arms to hold them open or closed, a vibrating lever with a socket to carry the handle, a casing for the lever, and means for vibrating the lever while grasping the casing.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND DAVERSA.

Witnesses:

JAMEs F. DUHAMEL, K. ALLEN. 

